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\chapter*{Acknowledgements}
I would like to take the opportunity to thank all the people who have 
supported me through my diploma thesis experience.

First of all, I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Klaus Wehrle for giving me the
opportunity to write the thesis and for his idea about the thesis. I would also
like to thank my supervisor Tobias Heer who suggested to use HIP as
building block which opens a door for me to a new world  and for his
patience and help, both in practical and in writing phase. It would not be possible without his help. I also
thank Stephan G\"otz for his advice on writing the thesis.

Also the HIP people in Finland deserve my heartfelt thanks, especially
Miika Komu who gave advices in practical implementation and helped to solve
the HIP bugs which are crucial for our implementation. I also thank Joakim
Koskela for fixing the kernel bug professionally.

Last but not least I want to thank everyone in the Distributed Group for
the good atmosphere during my work on my thesis.

My thesis is dedicated to my wife Chunmei Wu who has always supported me 
with love and patience.




